Wednesday November 4, 2009, 3:28 am
Capitalism sucks, is no place on earth safe? Thank Cal for the news, even though it is so discouraging.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 3:38 pm
do not drive a truck, do not date a guy because he drives a truck. What else can we do? We can cut down on oil by eating vegetarian/flexitarian.

the sad irony is that while conservatives destroy the planet in the name of greed, liberals destroy the planet in the name of amnesty for all. We know the world cannot sustain itself if everyone lived as Americans do - while some people want the whole world to live as Americans do.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 5:52 pm
noted thank you

Thursday November 5, 2009, 7:30 pm
The amount you can cut oil consumption by going vegetarian is not as much as you would like others to believe when you consider the amount of oil used to plant,harvest, process, refigerate, store and ship veges from one hemisphere to the other due to growing seasons to to areas where they just can not be produced. The only sad part is that it shows it is not just the American government that is more and more composed of paid corporate employees dedicated only to protecting and increasing corporate profits with fewer and fewer elected public servants who actually work for the public good and that does include insuring a viable planet to live on but all the governments of the world are becoming the serfs of corporate greed.

Saturday November 7, 2009, 7:37 am
Not happy to have their hands full... they now have to have their pockets full by taking all and sundry away from the poor... this is disgusting...

Saturday November 14, 2009, 3:36 am
Thank you so much for this reporting Mark. I just heard your piece on Democracy Now. I am interested in this somewhat prevalent conflict– the tension between environmentalism (noble efforts to protect and preserve biodiversity in wild areas) and human rights (the needs of local communities whose livelihoods necessitate access to, and use of, these areas. Or the desire among local communities to use such land for other purposes, particularly ones that would expand local economies, create more jobs, etc.). Do you know of any books, or substantial investigations, that deal with this basic conflict of interest? Recommended readings? Thank you again for you work!

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